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• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  the right time, when someone specifically needs you.  There is no other ... compounding, you should start while you’re still a student if you can.  Continue ... ways” – but luck plays a huge part.  I think this is true about

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  , and, as it is here, it is often a very interesting story. Read on: I was ... school in that area. It was a dream I had to go there. When I was just ... engineers around the country." He gave me a special Greyhound bus pass that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  Where in the World is The Nance Effect? That, my friends, is the ... . My oldest daughter is a high school junior this year, so I'll get to ... . Currently she is enjoying classes and homework as a MBA student at the Fuqua

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  so I can help you or convince you otherwise. Or leave a comment and I ... have any interest whatsoever, try as hard as you can to get the application in now - you can drop out later if you decide you don't really want

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  technicals, for a while there, I was going to every single office hour offered ... I wanted to be a little more prepared, because 5.12 is also very ... , which is a bummer considering how when I got into MIT, I texted my friend

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  broken in two? Yes. You couldn't tell in the photos. There was a crack in ... 'd like one, you can secure a copy through the Kickstarter. You can also ... , a reading room where people study, and a sailboat on the Charles River

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  is indeed a world outside of MIT and you should be concerned about it ... As a brand new bright-eyed freshman here, you’ll quickly discover ... involved. (I kid you not, a friend of mine actually kept a calendar of free

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  i will never be a student again, that there is a world in which in 2 ... . and i'm there multiple times a month, and it is a joy to keep him in my ... with all things, it is a journey, and there is a joy in the process. a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  you where to go. Note that you can in fact capsize in these boats! And ... lot more active. LSC is basically a movie theatre group on campus where ... challenging and interesting because it is the perfect sweet spot between a novel

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  could work with. MIT is a unique place, and it can’t be home for everyone ... comMIT, you need to to determine if the IHTFP life is a good fit for you ... was right. I hope you feel that way too when you visit. While there is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... "Enrolling" option on the reply form, and then you can request a deferral any ... that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many areas of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  Cafe. For 75 cents you get as much brown rice as you can fit on a plate ... DID YOU KNOW? The Natural History Museum in London has a giant squid ... with onions, poured in two cans of tomatoes, dumped in half a bottle of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  could use his credit card." "You can't just send an ion through a ... especially (while you may think this is strange because I'm a vegetarian, I ... in that world where you just left. I just got this message out of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  ” positioned throughout the city. You can unlock a bike by using a special key or ... students can't have fun? On Saturday, I met up with a friend of mine who ... things to see. There's a lot to see in Boston; we only got to two of these

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  home countries of rock bands the Scorpions ("Rock You Like a Hurricane ... ..." doesn't get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight's activities ... scrimmage at 10pm. Should be a good day. Opening up a big can of worms: so, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  now you can now officially congratulate yourself on a successful trip to ... many other dishes. I am a "weekday vegetarian", and there's always both a ... , you're the one I would expect to know how." This is one of the highest

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  . From Fact 3, I can tell you that SFO has pretty great food, IAD has a ... there is a line. A LONG line. Just to get to the Self Check-In counters ... noodles that are manufactured by the airline, which you can’t buy outside of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  you set up a crockpot to cook for a few hours, can you usually trust ... is definitely no initiation as you describe it. (In fact, I have a hard ... !) said, there is no "initiation". All the examples you gave, Annie, would

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  both asked a version of: When/why/how did you switch to course 9? How is ... top of a few core requirements, so you can essentially design your major ... 're all taking it on a day that you have another final and you can't be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  must take care...of our own world. There is no planet we can move to. All ... need to be put in positions where they can have a more direct influence ... , of course, is that you can fill the emotional void in your life by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012